Puerto Rico is surrounded by water: the Atlantic Ocean to thenorth, the Caribbean Sea to the south. There are several freshwaterlakes or lagoons, the largest being four east o…f San Juan (LagunaSan Jose, Laguna Los Corozos, Laguna Torrecilla, Laguna PiÃ±ones),around the airport. Slightly smaller are Tortuguero Lagoon in northcentral Puerto Rico, Guajataca Reservoir in the western hignlands,and Laguna Grande on the NE tip of the island.

Puerto Rico is the easternmost of the larger islands known as the Greater Antilles : Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has the North Atlantic Ocean to i…ts north, the Virgin Islands to its east, the Caribbean Sea to its south, and the Dominican Republic (on Hispaniola) to its west. The closest point of Puerto Rico to Hispaniola is Isla Mona, and the uninhabited Isla Desecheo, in the Mona Passage.